Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-06-24
DRINKING MEN.
How they are Regarded BY the nan H.
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q Z. :#ss hind the Bar.
The bartender Of q popular rendez-
vous leaned gracefully over the bar dur
ing the slack hours Of business the oth-
er day and discussed his customers with
q reporter. q. Isl. .. I'LL. H.. ~. -.
Il notice that men nowadays order
exactly what they want. !" he said, toy
ing gently with his blonde mustache,
while the reporter transferred 8 Glove
from the glass to his mouth. "Threa
or four years ago man looked mora
Or less ashamed OF himself when he Or
aered lemonade or settler. Els COM
panions usually demonstrated with or
made fun of him, and he generally Of
tered some sort Of al apology to tho
bartender for ordering non-intoxicat-
ing drink. This was particularly so with
young business men, clerks and poll
ticlans. They ordered brandy smash
es, plain brandy, whisky punches.
plain whisky or some other heavy drink.
Of course, one-half of them didn't want
it. You can't stand behind a bar long
before you find out that large percent
age OF the men who are led up to the
bar to drink would rather have nothing
at all than liquor of any sort. Very
many men have scruples against drink
ing hard liquor, and others find that it
goes against them to drink brandy or
whisky before dinner: Still the maior-
ity CT them used to drink tneir whisky
straight ard say nothing. When first
went into the business, fifteen years
ago, we used to pass out the whisky
bottle and glasses without asking q
question. If the man wanted anything
else, he would push the bottle back and
give his order. In those days, if party
ofyoung men went into a barroom and
ordered lemonade, the badkeeper felt
aggrieved and the bystanders made fun
of him. Nowadays, however, every thing
is changed. No one thinks anything
when two or three of group of men
order lemonade, seltzer Or apollinaris
at the bar
"The simon pure American barroom,
too, is rapidly going out of fashion.
Men nolonger enjoy rushing into room
and taking a drink standing. They
have more time now than they had ten
years ago and like to sit down and chat
with their friends over sherry chickens,
bees wings &C. A place with COM
Portable chairs and tables catches the
customers now, and the modern restau-
rants and cafes, where they can peace
fully sit out Of sight of the general pub
lie, do the most business. Their rooms
are always filled.
I'm my opinion drinkers are not so
numerous as they used to be. The man
who came in for his cocktail every morn
ing before breakfast or luncheon, and
the man who took four or five good
drinks of whiskey every day no longer
exists to the extent they did ton years
ago. The fact Is, habitual drinking over
the bar is not fashionable nowadays.
Men drink more at dinner than they
used to, and only drink away from hons
for the fun Of the thing. The whole
sale absorption of liquor has gone out
of style. Now and then a'party Of stu
dents or clerks go to place and drink
until they can hold no more, but this is
very seldom. OF course there are 9TH
ers among the laboring classes who de-
hberatelv make up their minds to get
full, and go about it in a business Like
way and drink to excess, but they are
now comparatively few. Troy Tele-
gram.